What to take above the absolute essentials( sleeping bag , mattress, stove, pot, tent) is such a personal decision. Personally I believe its better to have and not need than need and not have.others will say not having a non essential is just a inconvenience. So here is a fairly definitive list where you can add to or subtract from to your hearts desire. http://www.camping.com.au/site/tips/ind ... =checklist

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas. Joseph Stalin

Ok, so far we have organised the following;sleeping bags for all air mattresses for all (just need to remember to take an extra blanket for each to put UNDER it portable butane stove with cylinderstent - would be a bit hard without it hehecamping chairsrechargeable LED lantern (240V, 12V and a crank handle)wash tub

so, I'm thinking that the rest of the stuff we can either do without or take from home (ie plastic tubs will be our tables, take cooking and eating stuff from home, already have an esky or three)

ok, seems like we are getting close to the all set stage!! :D

Other than the air mattress pump that I need to get that is! anyone know how much the 12V air compressors are that you can get? and where to get them?

BigW have a little 'noname' 12V air bed pump for about $15. Coleman do one for a bit more. Generally you don't want a car style compressor as they pump slowly at high pressure, however I've used one several times and you just have to pay attention and stop it at the right moment. We do have the cheapy noname one and it does a good job (plugs into your cigerette lighter)

HGMonaro wrote:BigW have a little 'noname' 12V air bed pump for about $15. Coleman do one for a bit more. Generally you don't want a car style compressor as they pump slowly at high pressure, however I've used one several times and you just have to pay attention and stop it at the right moment. We do have the cheapy noname one and it does a good job (plugs into your cigerette lighter)

Nige

Yeah the "Avid Outdoor" ones in Big W ($15 normaly but you can get them on special for $7 like i did) are cig lighter ones and are good just remember there is a switch on them. As the first time we used ours we thought there was something wrong with the car lighter and pulled the battery out and all tried conecting wirers to the cig lighter and still nothing till we had a good look and discovered the switch lol. They are good though and pump up nice a quick really. You can always let some air out if it's too hard.Kmart have some too, different brands same price, but i dont like their fittings. They dont seem to have the larger fitting for the big airbeds. So that is why i went for the Big W one.

on top of you'r list should be a first aid kit.you never know what might happen.waterproof matches,extra batteries,raincoats,Theese are thing's that should be in you'rvehicle at all times,hope you enjoy you'r first trip away